Katy Perry has addressed the controversy surrounding her work with producer Dr. Luke.
The 39-year-old pop star caused a stir by continuing to work with his longtime collaborator on his upcoming album ‘143’, after he was locked in a decade-long legal battle with fellow singer Kesha, 37, whom he sued in 2014 when she accused him of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, which he denied. The legal battle was eventually settled.
Some people have questioned the fact that Katy’s new music, including recent single Woman’s World, is about female empowerment, and don’t think continuing to work with Luke, 50, is a good idea.
However, the I Kissed A Girl hitmaker, who has a four-year-old daughter Daisy with fiancé Orlando Bloom, insists her lyrics come from her own personal experiences and do not reflect the views of the producer.
Breaking her silence, Katy told the Call Her Daddy podcast: ‘I understand it started a lot of conversations.
Katy Perry has addressed the controversy surrounding her work with producer Dr. Luke
Dr Luke, pictured in 2014, was locked in a decade-long legal battle with Kesha, 37, whom he sued in 2014 when she accused him of physical, sexual and emotional abuse, which he denied.
“And he was one of the many collaborators that I collaborated with.”
The Wide Awake singer insists that Luke is simply someone who helps her “facilitate” her music.
She continued: “But the reality is that it comes from me.
‘The truth is I wrote these songs from my lifelong experience going through this metamorphosis, and he was one of the people who helped facilitate all of that: one of the writers, one of the producers.
‘I speak from my own experience.
“When I talk about Woman’s World, I talk about feeling so empowered now as a mother, as a woman, giving birth, creating life, creating another set of organs, a brain, a heart. I created a whole heart and I did that. I’m still doing that. And I’m still a matriarch. And I feel really grounded in that, and that’s where I speak from.”
Katy insists her music comes from a “place of celebration and love.”
He added: ‘I don’t feel like I have to make music.
“I don’t feel like I have to prove anything. I do it from a place of celebration and love.”
Some people have questioned the fact that Katy’s new music, including recent single Woman’s World, is about female empowerment, and don’t think continuing to work with Luke, 50, is a good idea.
Perry’s collaboration with Dr. Luke sparked a huge controversy ahead of her long-awaited return.
In June, Rolling Stone The Grammy-nominated artist was reported to be collaborating with Dr. Luke, as well as Max Martin, Sarah Hudson and Stargate on her sixth album.
Perry “knew exactly the album she wanted to make and assembled the team to make it happen,” a Capitol Records source told the outlet of the collection of talent the former American Idol judge assembled for her first release since 2020’s Smile.
The online comments took aim at both Perry and Dr. Luke, who last year settled a defamation lawsuit with Kesha, 37, after she claimed in a 2014 lawsuit that he had sexually and physically abused her.
Kesha, whose full name is Kesha Rose Sebert, tweeted “lol” following the news that Perry and Dr. Luke would be collaborating.
Perry’s collaboration with Dr. Luke has sparked a huge controversy ahead of her long-awaited comeback; pictured here in 2013
Several followers speculated on the meaning of Kesha’s “lol” tweet. One speculated that she’s “laughing at Katy and her new song,” while another asked, “Is this Katy’s tone?”
Others were more understanding of Perry’s professional decision to collaborate with Dr. Luke.
“It will never be a ‘Women’s World’ because people like Katy Perry continue to support and encourage abusers in the industry like Dr. Luke,” one user said.
Another added: “I’m really shocked at how many Katy Perry fans are defending her over this Dr. Luke thing… by the way, it’s okay to hold your favorite artist accountable.”
Kesha and Dr. Luke announced that they had settled their long-running legal battle in June 2023; Kesha pictured in 2016
One user said Perry had been calculating the move, as she “waited for the whole court process to be over before calling him out again.”
One user said they “wouldn’t listen,” while another said, “Some people make music with integrity, while others only care about getting number 1.”